화학공학소재연구정보센터
Biomacromolecules, Vol.19, No.2, 563-575, 2018
Effect of Water on the Structure and Dynamics of Regenerated [3-C-13] Ser, [3-C-13], and [3-C-13] Ala-Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin Studied with C-13 Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
The effects of water on the structure and dynamics of natural and regenerated silk fibroin (SF) samples were studied using C-13 solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. We prepared different types of SF materials, sponges, and fibers with different preparation methods and compared their NMR spectra in the dry and hydrated states. Three kinds of 13C NMR techniques, r-INEPT, CP/MAS, and DD/MAS, coupled with 13C isotope labeling of Ser, Tyr, and Ala residues were used. In the hydrated sponges, several conformations, that is, Silk I* and two kinds of beta-sheets, A and. B, random coil, and highly mobile hydrated random coil were observed, and the fractions were determined. The fractions were remarkably different among the three sponges but with only small differences among the regenerated and native fibers. The increase in the fraction of beta-sheet B might be one of the structural factors for preparing stronger regenerated SF fiber.